Sentences with phrase «energy policies around»

That's because the analysis is based purely on announced projects in each country and assumes that current subsidies will expire and that energy policies around the world will remain on their current bearing.

Instead, world leaders have pandered and caved to the powerful fossil fuel lobby: rubber stamping massive carbon - intensive infrastructure, unlocking billions of tonnes of new carbon in hard - to - reach places like the deep offshore ocean, the arctic, or hard - to - extract resources like tar sands, and proceeded to design energy policy around scenarios incompatible with a safe global climate.

**** The so - called «Greens», that have sought to overtake and destroy sensible energy policy around the Globe, are not just delusional, they're dangerous.

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The International Energy Agency, which says that global oil demand could peak around 2020 if governments adopted particularly green policies, predicts that even if it happened, oil still would account for 23 % of total global energy in 2040, down from 32 % inEnergy Agency, which says that global oil demand could peak around 2020 if governments adopted particularly green policies, predicts that even if it happened, oil still would account for 23 % of total global energy in 2040, down from 32 % inenergy in 2040, down from 32 % in 2016.

The president did not mention NV Energy by name — instead calling out several utilities around the country that have put pro-solar policies in place and are working to figure out how to transition the electricity industry from a simple provider to an integrated system of distribution.

But he said moving to meet climate targets is becoming more affordable because while policy is still important the energy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds&renergy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds&rEnergy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds».

Guests: Blake Shaffer, phD candidate at the University of Calgary, fellow with the C.D. Howe Institute, former energy trader, and all around energy and climate policy expert.

In fact, we think there are four major factors that will influence interest rates around the world: changing demographic trends, innovations in technology and energy, financial conditions as related to leverage, liquidity and cash flow, and monetary policy.

Short - term uncertainty around UK energy policy, as we have seen in the last couple of days, is very unhelpful and has the potential to result in increased prices for consumers and delay much - needed investment in all forms of energy infrastructure.

Around the Capitol, reporters last night took to referring to the minimum wage deal as «Frankenwage» because it was a serious of policies all jammed awkwardly together, and also for a while there, simply refused to rise up and live, no matter how much gubernatorial energy (cajoling to outright threats of wage boards or loss of a pay raise, according to several lawmakers) was pumped into it.

Trevor Tompson, director of the AP - NORC Center, said the bipartisan agreement on climate change's existence could be reason to hope for policy action: «Public opinion around many energy issues tends to be fluid, with people often defaulting to partisan starting points.

Around the globe, policy makers too, have been seeking greener sources of energy.

«As the window of opportunity to avert dangerous climate change narrows, we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Cambpolicy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of CambPolicy at the University of Cambridge.

The study, published in the journal Nature Energy, looks unsparingly at the history of hype around alternative fuel vehicles and what policies and innovations are needed to move from current shortfalls to widespread commercialization of low - carbon vehicles.

While much of the debate around energy is focussed on greenhouse gas emissions, our findings highlight the need to consider the full range of consequences of the world's demand for energy when designing energy and environmental policies.»

«The most important implication of the findings is in terms of policies around the sale of energy drinks in bars and night clubs where people are consuming alcohol, and the sale of pre-mixed A+ED s more generally,» said McKetin.

«Advanced energy is already producing $ 1.4 trillion in annual private - sector revenues around the world, and Wisconsin is well placed to take advantage of that growing market through advanced energy sensors and controls,» says Gary Radloff, director of Midwest Energy Policy Analysis at the Wisconsin Energy Instenergy is already producing $ 1.4 trillion in annual private - sector revenues around the world, and Wisconsin is well placed to take advantage of that growing market through advanced energy sensors and controls,» says Gary Radloff, director of Midwest Energy Policy Analysis at the Wisconsin Energy Instenergy sensors and controls,» says Gary Radloff, director of Midwest Energy Policy Analysis at the Wisconsin Energy InstEnergy Policy Analysis at the Wisconsin Energy InstEnergy Institute.

We support the consensus - based, bipartisan energy code provision contained in S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which strengthens national model codes that are already certified, adopted and in - use by 44 states and several localities around thenergy code provision contained in S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which strengthens national model codes that are already certified, adopted and in - use by 44 states and several localities around thEnergy Policy Modernization Act, which strengthens national model codes that are already certified, adopted and in - use by 44 states and several localities around the U.S.

Gaston has more than fifteen years of experience in participative and transdisciplinary research on governance related to issues such as sustainable development, energy, climate change and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commission.

Based around a website www.less-en.org, LessEn showcases best practice through events, campaigns and a current knowledge bank of case studies, policy summaries, energy efficiency products and building efficiency news.

Government policy will help drive this diversification, as various countries shape incentives and regulations around their own energy infrastructures, says Takeshi Uchiyamada, executive vice president - product planning and advanced technology.

It's been clear for years that there are ways around the familiar partisan roadblocks on climate - smart energy policies.

The news release — appended below — says it all, and the findings it describes reinforce my assertion awhile back that there's plenty of denial to go around in the arguments over climate and energy trends and policies.

Without both, all that's accomplished is building a campaign around an entirely inadequate set of policies that distract from the scope of the necessary «energy quest.»

That was today's joint press release from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Energy Agency, the Nuclear Energy Agency, and the International Transport Forum, four of the stodgiest policy groups around.

The document doesn't take readers much beyond what is already well established: that without sustained and focused climate and energy policies by governments around the world, the potential of renewable energy technologies to compete with fossil fuels remains deeply limited.

There is a path toward action that can avoid the paralysis around the cap - and - trade concept that has become the best friend of stasists seeking status - quo energy policy.

China, ending months of uncertainty, said it would pursue policies that result in a peak in its carbon dioxide emissions around 2030, with «the intention» of trying to peak earlier, and to increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20 percent by 2030.

Lee Schipper, who died last week after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer, was an unsung hero in efforts to underpin energy and transportation policies with data and to foster cleaner, smarter transportation systems in fast - growing cities around the world.

Shape your education around engineering, science, policy, teaching or other fields that can be focused on the energy challenge underlying the climate challenge.

This is often the underlying reason behind disagreements over EU climate and energy policy, such as those around the EU 2030 targets agreed last October.

It is minor collateral damage compared to the energy policies built around the false science, but damage to progress in understanding climate nonetheless.

ACEEE's State and Local Policy Database includes comprehensive information on energy efficiency policies and programs being implemented in dozens of leading localities around the United States.

Assuming that current and announced climate policies are implemented, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that, despite the extensive, worldwide government support for renewables and increasing energy efficiency, fossil fuels are expected to meet approximately 75 % of primary energy demand in 2040, down marginally from the historic share of aroundEnergy Agency (IEA) forecasts that, despite the extensive, worldwide government support for renewables and increasing energy efficiency, fossil fuels are expected to meet approximately 75 % of primary energy demand in 2040, down marginally from the historic share of aroundenergy efficiency, fossil fuels are expected to meet approximately 75 % of primary energy demand in 2040, down marginally from the historic share of aroundenergy demand in 2040, down marginally from the historic share of around 80 %.

While most policy discussions around climate change focus on energy wonks, the Times says that military analysts are increasingly of the view that «climate - induced crises could topple governments, feed terrorist movements or destabilize entire regions».

The success of decarbonisation efforts around the world hinges on integrating energy efficiency policies, renewables and other tools into the energy system through a harmonised policy approach.

Debates on policy issues around climate and energy often feature opposing sides talking past each other.

We've exposed illegal fishing and human rights violations at sea, illegal timber trading across the globe, and tracked how dirty energy money in politics affect the policies around climate change.

Such policies are likely to help manage the risks of climate change while also enabling societies to pursue other high priority goals around the world — including clean air and water, access to reliable, affordable energy, and economic progress for all people.

If the two - degrees goal changes, then so might the many climate policies framed around it — policies that translate into costs for polluters and profitable markets for clean - energy providers.

Feed - in tariffs (FITs), along with renewable electricity standards, are one of the most widely adopted renewable energy support policies around the world.

Getting serious about climate change would require more than nibbling around the edges of energy policy.

These impacts will also be monetized and aggregated to produce the world's first empirically - derived estimate of the social cost of carbon — the cost to society done by each ton of carbon dioxide we emit — which will be designed to be fed directly into energy and climate policies around the world.

«We're more explicit this time around about the intersection between our energy choices and our climate challenges and the fact that we have such ambitious climate goals that are really driving a lot of our energy policy,» Klee said.

The National Commission on Energy Policy reported in December that, if fleet mileage in the U.S. rises to 40 mpg — somewhat below the current European Union fleet average for new vehicles of 42 mpg and well below the current Japanese average of 47 mpg - then as switchgrass yields improve modestly to around 10 tons / acre it would take only 30 million acres of land to produce sufficient cellulosic ethanol to fuel half the U.S. passenger fleet.

With aggressive and responsible clean energy policy in place, we can turn this around.

Sen. Boxer — Time TBD — Hoover Institution, Reason Foundation, Pacific Research Institute Sen. Coons — Time TBD (or Monday)-- Group TBD Sen. Schatz — 5 pm — Center for Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Heartland Institute Sen. Franken — 5:15 pm — Heritage Foundation Sen. Warren — 5:30 pm — Science and Public Policy Institute Sen. Heinrich — 5:45 pm — American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Shaheen — 6 pm — Competitive Enterprise Institute, Energy and Environmental Legal Institute Sen. Reed — around 6 pm — SEC climate change disclosures and the dangers of climate change denial from a national security perspective Sen. Markey — 6 pm to 6:30 pm — Acton Institute, George C. Marshall Institute, Lexington Institute, Global Climate Coalition Sen. Peters — 6:30 pm — Cato Institute Sen. Blumenthal — Time TBD — Americans for Prosperity, American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Whitehouse — Time TBD — The Advancement of Sound Science Center, Chamber of Commerce, Committee for Constructive Tomorrow, Franklin Center for Government and Policy Integrity, James Madison Institute, John Locke Foundation, Locke Institute

Solar power capacity installed around the world this year will beat wind for the first time driven by stronger policy support in key markets, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Yet many nations around the world including the Obama administration, proceed with destructive, costly, energy policies.

That, and new rules around how renewable energy projects qualify for the credit, provide an unprecedented five years of policy certainty for the wind energy industry.